[HPforGrownups] The Flicker

[Melody B.]

No: HPFGUIDX 37840

Kimberly wrote:
>"Something flickered in Black's shadowed eyes.  "Lie down," he said
>quietly to Ron. "You will damage that leg even more."

>I have to wonder about the flickering in Black's eyes.
>That interests me at least as much as Dumbledore's gleam of triumph.
>What does the flicker mean?  At first I sort of felt like it was a
>flicker of recogniton of a kindred spirit - someone else who would
>not hesitate to die for his friends, and for Harry in particular, but
>if that's what it was, then his response, first <<<<"Lie down," he
>said quietly to Ron. "You will damage that leg even more.">>>> and
>then <<<<"There'll be only one murder here tonight," said Black, and
>his grin widened.>>>> doesn't seem to follow from it.  The lie down
>bit, maybe, is an attempt at kindness, but it doesn't seem much like
>it since he then goes about grinning frighteningly about murder with
>no explanation.
>
>So anybody else got any ideas about the flicker?
>

I always thought he was remembering his friends, and how they felt about 
each other, but now that you point it out that doesn't entirely make sense.

Maybe he's worried -- afraid even? -- of Ron, just for a moment, and then 
his recklessness comes back. He seems to be a little hysterical, and I 
wouldn't be surprised if he was kind of crazy from all his years in Azkaban. 
A angry teenager might be able to throw him off his gaurd for a moment.

Melody


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